Slavko Janevski

Slavko Janevski (January 11, 1920, Skopje - January 20, 2000) was a Macedonian poet, prose and script writer. He was also active as a comics artist. He finished high school in Skopje. From 1945 onwards he was the editor of the first teenage magazine called "Pioneer". Janevski is the author of the first novel to be written in Macedonian, ''''. As script writer he adapted the historical drama "Macedonian bloody wedding" in 1967. Janevski received many awards, among others "AVNOJ" 1968 and "Makedonsko slovo" for the book ''Thought''. He is considered to have laid the foundations of the Macedonian literature.

In memory of his work, on January 29, 2010, in the park "Zena borec" in Skopje was unveiled a monument to him, the work of academic sculptor Tome Serafimovski.

In 2013, the Lustration Commission of Republic of Macedonia announced that it had concluded that Slavko Janevski was a collaborator of the Yugoslav communist secret services, spying on artists and writers with the pseudonym "Slavjan." This resulted in sharp reactions and non-acceptance of the decision by the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Writers' Association of Macedonia, and the wider Macedonian public.

The Council of the City of Skopje declared 2020 the year of Slavko Janevski, in honor of the centenary of his birth. Provided by Wikipedia